Belinda Jack
Fellow and Tutor in French Literature and Language at Christ Church, University of Oxford
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureWriters from ParisBurials at Père Lachaise Cemetery19th-century pseudonymous writers20th-century French novelistsLegion of Honour refusalsFrench socialists19th-century French women writersFrench women novelistsBisexual novelistsFrench LGBTQ novelistsPseudonymous women writersFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writersBisexual memoirists20th-century French women writers19th-century French novelists19th-century French letter writersGrand Officers of the Legion of HonourBisexual journalists19th-century French LGBTQ people, 20th-century French LGBTQ peopleBisexual women writers
Colette
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels and life of one of the most remarkable writers of the last century, whose Claudine series was first published under her husband's name.
27 January 2022
Also featuring: Diana Holmes, Michèle Roberts
CultureFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writersBisexual memoirists19th-century French women writersGrand Officers of the Legion of HonourBisexual journalistsFrench women novelistsBurials at Père Lachaise Cemetery19th-century French LGBTQ people, 20th-century French LGBTQ people20th-century French novelists20th-century French women writersBisexual novelists19th-century French novelistsBisexual women writersFrench LGBTQ novelists19th century20th centuryFranceGeorge Sand
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work and life of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin who in C19th France wrote many extremely successful novels, under the name George Sand
6 February 2020
Also featuring: Angela Ryan, Nigel Harkness
CultureWriters from Paris19th-century French letter writersFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writers19th-century French women writersLegion of Honour refusalsFrench socialistsPseudonymous women writersFrench women novelists19th-century pseudonymous writers19th-century French novelistsFrench LGBTQ novelists19th centuryFrance